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Seven more Australian kids abducted as Japan debates custody changes
The number of Australian children abducted in Japan has jumped by almost 10 per cent in the past year.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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Welcome to daycare, where everything is totally fine (we swear!)
Leaving your screaming child with strangers might seem traumatic, but where else would they eat mushroom risotto and learn the ukulele?
- by Thomas Mitchell
Moving back in with your parents is suddenly all the rage
A jump in the number of young adults living at home is working out for many – but is a sign of young people’s inability to secure their own housing futures.
- by Wendy Tuohy
‘Why not me?’ For the first time in 133 years a woman leads NSW lobby group
Mustering sheep and cattle after school, Annabel Johnson never imagined she would end up swapping the farm for a CEO’s job with a baby in tow.
- by Catherine Naylor
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What the darkness of parenting memes taught me about motherhood
As a millennial who came of age in digital media, I know a lot about memes. But nothing prepared me for the onslaught of “jokes” I’d witness as a new parent.
- by Wendy Syfret
YouTube parenting blogger Ruby Franke jailed for up to 30 years for child abuse
The American mother-of-six issued a tearful apology to her children, who were not at the hearing, for physically and emotionally abusing them.
- by Hannah Schoenbaum
‘A teachable moment’: The only upside to your kids missing out on Taylor Swift tickets
Experts share the best thing parents can say to kids and teens who are disappointed right now.
- by Kimberly Gillan
Midwives raise grave concerns about staffing levels at Cabrini Malvern
A staffing shortage is putting mothers and babies at risk, midwives say – an accusation the hospital rejects.
- by Henrietta Cook
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How Amy’s newborn dream turned into a financial ordeal
The first time mother loved being home with baby Bernadette. But the months-long wait for parental leave payments became a financial problem.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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I’m teaching my child not to have a best friend
We’re obsessed with friendship bust-ups, but it is possible to avoid the worst of the pain with a less exclusive approach?
- by Cherie Gilmour
‘I’ll try for the dragon’: Why Chinese births are expected to spike this year
The most recent Year of the Dragon in 2012 saw Singapore’s birth rate skyrocket to a five-year high. Will we experience the same in Australia?
- by Jewel Topsfield